在Meta面临公众对青少年心理健康问题的压力、并即将遭遇一系列儿童安全诉讼之际，该公司曾考虑发起一场运动，以抹黑一位关键批评者：社会心理学家乔纳森·海特。
As Meta was feeling public pressure over teen mental health, and facing an impending onslaught of kids safety trials, the company considered a campaign to discredit a key critic: social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
新提交的法庭文件显示，2023年3月，Meta讨论了一项“低语策略”，旨在“让学者群体反对海特”。这位思想领袖将青少年抑郁和焦虑上升归咎于社交媒体。海特当时尚未出版其畅销书，但他在2022年曾在国会作证阐述其结论，并于2023年2月开始在Substack上发布更多理论和研究。
Newly filed court documents show that in March 2023, Meta discussed a "Whisper strategy" to "turn academics against Haidt," a thought leader who blamed social media for rising adolescent depression and anxiety. Haidt hadn't yet published his bestselling book, but he testified about his conclusions before Congress in 2022, and in February 2023, he began posting more of his theories and research to Substack. …
